I have with my mother-in-law a very warm, one might say, a wonderful relationship. She and I get along great and we always enjoy communicating. We have only one, but a big problem: my mother-in-law just loves to make a huge amount of canned goods. What is the problem? Yes, that all of its stores, then she gives us.
And in our family no one eats canned food: not me, not my husband, not our kids. I have already asked so many times mother-in-law did not close anything and do not pass us canned food, but my mother-in-law does not hear me. Over the winter we accumulate a lot of canned goods. I have not done just what not to do with these supplies! And neighbors, and colleagues, and friends treated! But all the same there is a lot of canned food.
And so in the spring I have to just open the jars and throw everything away. Then my husband takes the empty jars to my mother-in-law, and she starts canning everything again in the summer. My mother-in-law and her husband grow a lot of fruits and vegetables. And so that all this goodness does not go to waste, my mother-in-law closes everything. But my husband and I believe that there is no benefit from canning, and we prefer to eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
I have told my mother-in-law about this many times, but she does not listen to my words at all. And I really feel sorry for the labor and time my mother-in-law spends on all of this. I just don’t know what to do: how can I convince my mother-in-law not to do so much canning without offending her?
